the professional stuff… My name is Sara and I\'m a graphic and web designer with over 10 years of experience, hoping to become the solution to all of your design needs! My design philosophy is equal parts fun and functionality. My personal work incorporates every influence, from Asian art to hip 50’s retro, but I balance all that with a sense of clean, efficient minimalism. I combine a sense of fun experimentation with a tireless work ethic that I look forward to offering to all my clients. I believe that artistry and functionality can go hand in hand. My greatest ability as a designer, which I look so forward to offering to you, is this sense of balance. This balance is further reflected in my work ethic: all my clients can look forward to a professional relationship based on honesty, respect, and accountability. To the end of being the most competent, efficient, and versatile designer possible, I use all industry standard design technology for creating publications, flyers, posters, logos, ads, and more. I am proficient in InDesignCS4, PhotoshopCS4, IllustratorCS4, DreamweaverCS4, FlashCS4. I am also proficient in QuarkXPress (5.0 and less), though InDesign is the only program I actively utilize for layout design. Whether in print or online, I hope you’ll return to notobella designs, llc …
for something a little more… you! the fun stuff… I’m a huge geek! I love reading, staying at home playing video games and making up stories about my animals. I’m a bit of a fan girl and my vacations every year are taken at comic conventions (which are AWESOME, by the way). I married an even bigger geek then myself. He’s a doctor of English that teaches at a local college (we call him, Doktor). Aside from notobella designs, I have my hands full with a couple of other business ventures including: Nerdery Public, Effie’s Club Follies AND Stab Cancer In The Face – which is a charity I created in 2011 when we got the diagnosis about my husband’s cancer (he’s stabbing it daily and is almost done with treatment). I multi-task like a fiend and write like I talk. I prefer email over phone calls so I can continue working at 150%. If you don’t hear from me via email right away, I’m probably outside with my dog or battling one of my two cats for use of my keyboard. I love tattoos (and have many of them), cheetos, bubbles and pinwheels, but not necessarily in that order. I also have an addiction to craft supplies and crayons (of which I have 17 boxes).